Partly European Union-funded tobacco plant opens in Debrecen

Róna Tobacco Trade Kft.’s new plant was built from a budget of HUF 3.1 billion and it now employs 440 people – told Marc Wagner, managing director of majority owner Vandewyck Tobacco at the opening ceremony. The European Union funded the project with HUF 322.5 million. Róna Tobacco Trade Kft. created 170 new jobs. Each year 8 billion cigarette tubes and 700-800 tons of RYO tobacco will be produced at the new plant. 50 percent of the ingredients they use are Hungarian and 50 percent are from
import.